In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
